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N A R H G O G Am W M M m SPOON.

No. 303,212. Patented Aug. 5, 1884.

UNITED STATES PATENT rric.

WILLIAM A. COGHRAN, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

S P O O N SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,212,dated August 5, 1884.

- Application filed May 10, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: &c. The bowl of the spoon can be used in t]Beit known that I, TILLIAM A. COCHRAN, ordinary manner when it is notdesired to u a citizen of the United States, residing at Inthe hollow.By this form of construction t1 dianapolis, in the county of Marion andState necessity of carrying the bowl of the spoon 5 of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and usethe month is obviated. This is particularful Improvements in Hollow-Handled Spoons, advantageous to invalids. Thehandle mayl of which the following is a specification, refcurved so thatthe upper curved part will re erencc being had therein to theaccompanying on the edge of the cup or other Vessel. Tl drawings. handlemay also be made in telescopic for] My invention relates to hollowhandles for so as be adjustable, as above described; and spoons; and itconsists in details of construcmay have a hollow rib on the back or fromtion and arrangement of parts that will be by means of which the liquidis conveyed hereinafter more fully set forth in the specifithe mouth.cation and claims and pointed out in the ac- Having thus described myinvention, whai I 5 companying drawings, in whichclaim as new, anddesire to secure by Lette and Figs. 3 and 4 sections, of my improved 1.lhe combination, with the handle A,

p v Figure 1 is a front View, Fig. 2 a back View, Patent, is

spoon. the guideway (Z, secured to and forming a pa The, object of thedevice is to provide a of said handle, and catch 0, adapted to sli spoonby means of which liquid can be drank and be retained in position uponthe sin directly from cups, glasses, soup-plates, 85c. guideway, andform a means for holding tl To obtain this I make the handle of thespoon handle in position, substantially as describe hollow. 2. Thecombination, with the ordinal teferring more particularly to thedrawspoon-bowl,]3,of thehollowhandleA, rivete ings, A represents anordinary spoouhandle, to said spoon and sliding rest G, whereby tlhollowed out or grooved on the inside, as spoon may be used in theordinary manna shown at a. On the back of the spoon-handle, or as asuction-tube, and be supported in plat is a catch or holding-piece, G,which is inupon the edge of the vessel, substantially: tended to rest onthe edge of the cup or glass described. when the spoon is not in use.This catch is" In testimony whereof I afiix my signaturei adapted toslide in guides cl, so that it'can be presence of two witnesses.

adjusted to different heights of vessels; or it XVILLIAM A. COCHRAN. maybe soldered to the back of the spoon at W'itnesses: the height of anordinary coffee or tea cup or HUGO M. HUG,

5 glass, such as used for juleps, milk-punches, R. F. TARKINGTON.

